Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-23
A GRAND COUNTY.

Butte has l,764 square miles, and has
l, $50 900 acres. Five hundred thousand of
it will produce from thirty to ninety bush
els of grain to the acre, and 800. 900 of ii,
lying along the foothills of Eastern Butte.
are splendidly adapted to the growth of all
citrus and deciduous fruits.
One of the most attractive displays in the
| entire exhibition is the miniature church
structure erected in the center of the
rear portion of the pavilion by D. X.
Perkins. It is an exact model Of the Con-
gregational church in this place. and is
| composed, to all appearance of the OBJ
server, entirely of evergreen. The repre-
sentation of a lawn about the church is
made of delicate fir and cedar sprigs, and
closely resembling green grass, is set about
three feet above the pavilion floor. This
extends about three feet wide around the
church. The church structure, rising from
this, is about eight feet wide and fifteen feet
long, including the steeple which rises
in front The side walls of the model are
five feet high, and extending above, with
natural projecting caves, is a high gothic
roof. The sides of the building are
pierced with neatly-stained windows
circular-cut at the top, and which
are set attractively in the golden coored
walls composed of oranges closely placed
together with only fringe of delicate
cedar sprigs surrounding each, and the roof
is similarly constructed with figures of
lines and lemons set IN relief among the
oranges. The steeple is about three feet
square at the base, and with good archi-
tectural proportions, is finished with a
pointed spire at twenty-five feet high and
surmounted with weather Yane. The
steeple is similarly constructed with green
| and gold, as the body of the building. and
gives the entire exhibit a unique and ex-
ceeedlngly attractive appearance. When.
added to this, the little church is lighted
up and the lights seen through the stained
windows, and music of quartet and organ
is heard from within, singing or chanting
familiar sacred pieces, the effect is striking
and exceedingly taking" for exhibition
purposes.
OF other more conspicuous exhibits, DR..
r. Parker makes an extensive display of
citrus and other fruits, nuts, pomegranates,
citron-lemons, and fresh Mission grapes,
picked December Goth.
H. W. Skinner has grand exhibit Of
oranges from the King ranch, that four
years ago was entirely barren of trees.
Now fine display of oranges, budded and
seedlings, and of excellent quality, marks
the results achieved in four years.
c. III. Wilcox, of Oroville, has a very
meritorious display of oranges, lemons
anu DiutS, III DOAeS anu also III clusters,
several varieties of japanese persimmons,
and plums picked December 10Th. Among
| the oranges of this exhibit is the Kid Glove
variety and several choice budded kinds
| Over the exhibit is a beautiful large fame
| work of smilax, fresh and growing, in the
| form of letter W"
| Judge c. F. Lott makes q large and at
| tractive display of oranges, lemons, pome-
granates, raisins, peanuts, Mikado gourds,
| Flame Tokay and Muscat grapes picked
December Goth, and fine also, English
walnuts, Italian chestnuts in burrs, ar
ranged III form OF cornucopia, many of
| the burrs having three nuts to each burr
Among the features of the exhibit is a
Maltese cross, composed of diminutiye
green and red tomatoes.
Joseph Gardella, ~ addition to large and
| fine citrus exhibit consisting of budded
| AMI seedlings, shows winter musk melons
K. Il. WEIGH has an especially attractive ex-
hibit of deciduous and citrus fruits. and
| large assortment of orange and lemon
| nursery plants. And not least, he has on
| exhibition, specimens of the cream water
melon. James Wheeler displays in a large
pyramid and bank, excellent citrus fruit
of all kinds.
Judge Freer has a neatly arranged dis
play of oranges, lines and other fruit, and
has in connection with it, eight mirrors so
placed as to reflect the exhibits of a large
part of the pavilion.
NJ. ReymOn makes prominent exhibit of
Rsth-crop alfalfa, cut from the Ord ranch,
on the Feather river, the present season. a
novel-arranged exhibit is made by Welch &
Brier, who have small vessel, full-r1gged,
and weighed down with fine oranges. which
are piled high above the sides. DR.. F.
Fryer, druggist, has a unique display ar
ranged in the form of q L-ortar and pestle
scales and other apojhecary implements of
trade, fashioned out of citrus fruits. Mrs.
Rollins exhibits plste of mammoth lem
ons, some Of them five inches in diameter
and said to be Of excellent quality. Sheriff
John Ball, as his contribution 20 the citrus
fair, had a ball fifteen inches in diameter.
covered with oranges and suspended over
one OF the promenades of the Pavilion,
with the VOID John " over il.
II. c. Bell has a royal citrus display in
the shape of an octagon pyramid with the
base fifteen feet across, and the various
kinds OF fruit tastefully arranged. Also, g
childs carriage lined with cedar sprays,
stands at one side, loaded with luscious
oranges, and bs5y-cLair similarly dec
Grated. Suspended oyer the exhibit is a
large bell of oranges, expressive of the ex-
hibiter's name, the ciapper OF the bell be-
ing huge pomelo.
Mrs. E. W. Fogg makes the finest floral
display in the building. It consists of